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28 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE, and twelve players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors. 

Last updated 3-26-2024
 
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PITCHERS: 15
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Caleb Kilian
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
Jameson Taillon
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 7
* Michael Busch 
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
* Miles Mastrobuoni
Christopher Morel
Dansby Swanson
Patrick Wisdom

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
Alexander Canario
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 12 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Ben Brown, P 
Alexander Canario, OF 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Keegan Thompson, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

 



 

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Cubs vs. Padres: Series Thread (Games 53-55)

The Cubs continued a hot streak by taking two out of three games against Cincinnati over the weekend. Unfortunately, they lost two more main cast members to unusual baseball injuries. David Bote will be out indefinitely with left shoulder injury that looked quite painful--see Cubster's comment for much more insight while everyone awaits official reports. Trevor Williams will also at least miss his start in this series due to an emergency apendectomy. The Cubs will have to do their best in this series with an emergency starter for the opening game and probably lots of Ortega, Wisdom, Sogard, and perhaps the newly added Sergio Alcantara. Those reinforcements face a tough assignment as the Cubs take on the first place San Deigo Padres (34-20). See below for the pitching matchups.


Game 53, Monday, May 31, 1:20 pm central

CHC: TBA

SDP: RHP Chris Paddack (2-3, 3.61 ERA)

As of 3 hours before the game, the Cubs have not yet announced Trevor Williams's substitute starter. They may announce a roster move bringing Alec Mills or Kohl Stewart to Chicago, or they may ask Keegan Thompson to provide a few innings on the front end of the game.

25-year-old Chris Paddack gets the ball for the Padres. He broke into the majors in 2019 and is now 15-15 in 47 career starts with a 3.72 ERA. Over his last four games, he's allowed three earned runs in 19 innings pitched. He has a plus changeup and has reverse splits this season but is near neutral for his career. Joc Pederson has faced him 14 times and is two for 14 with both hits coming as homeruns.


Game 54, Tuesday, June 1, 7:05 pm central

CHC: RHP Kyle Hendricks (5-4, 4.63 ERA)

SDP: LHP Ryan Weathers (2-1, 1.31 ERA)

Hendricks is coming off a strong month of work in which he had an ERA of 2.67 and cut his walk rate by more than half compared to April. He also provided depth, going six or more innings in four out of five starts.

Prior to 2021, the highest level Ryan Weathers had pitched at was full-season A-ball. This season, he's made the leap to the majors, making five relief appearances and six starts for the Padres so far. The 21-year-old has enjoyed surprising success in that time, thanks in large part to a .191 BABIP, a 97.1% LOB, and 0.79 homeruns per nine innings. The gap between his ERA and xERA is nearly 3.5. The Cubs will be looking to advance the cause of regression to the mean.


Game 55, Wednesday, June 2, 1:20 pm central

CHC: RHP Adbert Alzolay (3-4, 3.81 ERA)

SDP: RHP Dinelson Lamet (1-0, 2.57 ERA)

Last time out, Alzolay earned his first scorless start of 2021. He worked around five hits and three walks while striking out six in 5.2 innings pitched, and the bullpen helped him get that last out of the sixth. He continues to be nearly a two-pitch pitcher; he threw his changeup less than 2% of the time in that start and, according to pitch tracking, threw no curves.

Speaking of throwing lots of sliders, Alzolay will be facing off against Dinelson Lamet, one of only a handful of starters who relies on his slider about as much. Lamet has thrown his slider more than 50% of the time and thrived in four starts and six total appearances this season. He has not, however, pitched more than three innings in any appearance so far this year. Lamet concluded 2020 with a biceps injury and had a delayed start to 2021 due to issues with his UCL. He missed all of 2018 following Tommy John Surgery. Joc Pederson is three for ten with two homeruns off of him.

Comments

baez!!!

455ft to CF.  wow.

and KB's dinger results in a beer shower to RF Wil Myers and also sends Chris Paddock to the clubhouse shower.

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trying to catch a $6 ball in your $8 beer...where everyone will be soaked in beer within a 6ft radius no matter the outcome...is a trend that should die already...along with those that follow it up by drinking the beer if your cup doesn't shatter trying to catch it in the first place.

i got a piece of this at a minor league game once.  dude was super appologetic about it, so everyone was cool with it...but yeah...2 hours later it was an interesting smell for the ride home.

good job by k.stewart...so good he got to throw 64 pitches.

another 4 inning pen performance.

...and the pen gives up a homer (thompson/tatis jr).  at least there's a 3 run lead.

oh no...jeff garlin 7th...please be sober...please be a little tired...please don't hang around for multiple innings ranting through the play on the field...

maybin DFA'd by the mets after going 1-28 with 3 walks.  ow.

k.pillar and his multiple face fractures has been activated after only 10d on the IL.  alright, then.

Jose Quintana was removed from his outing yesterday and lands on injured list w left shoulder inflammation. He signed w Angels for 1yr at $8M. So far has 33 IP and 7.33 ERA. 

Didn't think I would ever write this but would the Cubs ever consider exercising their 2022 club option on Kimbrel?  Looked it up and its $16 million for 2022 versus a $1 mil buyout.  $15 million for elite closer on a 1 year deal doesn't seem like the worst contract in the world.  Guess I'm getting caught up in the current Cubs excitement and trying to find reasons to justify not trading everybody at the deadline. 

tonight's kimbrel (game 2) wasn't just vintage kimbrel, it was damn near peak kimbrel.

no one stood a chance.  3Ks...caratini worked a 3-2 count and that was the best AB by anyone cuz no swings by any batter in the inning came close.

11-1, end 1st, but hey, Goldschmidt hit a dinger.

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  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Javier Assad started the Lo-A game (Myrtle Beach versus Stockton) on the Cubs backfields on Wednesday as his final Spring Training tune-up. He was supposed to throw five innings / 75 pitches. However, I was at the minor league road games at Fitch so I didn't see Assad pitch. 

  • crunch (view)

    cards put j.young on waivers.

    they really tried to make it happen this spring, but he put up a crazy bad slash of .081/.244/.108 in 45PA.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Seconded!!!

  • crunch (view)

    another awesome spring of pitching reports.  thanks a lot, appreciated.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Here are the Cubs pitchers reports from Tuesday afternoon's Cardinals - Cubs game art Sloan Park in Mesa:

    SHOTA IMANAGA
    FB: 90-92 
    CUT: 87-89 
    SL: 82-83 
    SPLIT: 81-84
    CV: 73-74 
    COMMENT: Worked three innings plus two batters in the fourth... allowed four runs (three earned) on eight hits (six singles and two doubles) walked one, and struck out six (four swinging), with a 1/2 GO/AO... he threw 73 pitches (52 strikes - 10 swing & miss - 19 foul balls)... surrendered one run in the top of the 1st on a one-out double off Cody Bellinger's glove in deep straight-away CF followed one out later by two consecutive two-out bloop singles, allowed two runs (one earned) in the 2nd after retiring the first two hitters (first batter had a nine-pitch AB with four consecutive two-strike foul balls before being retired 3 -U) on a two-out infield single (weak throw on the run by Nico Hoerner), a hard-contact line drive RBI double down the RF line, and an E-1 (missed catch) by Imanaga on what should been an inning-ending 3-1 GO, gave up another run in the 3rd on a two-out walk on a 3-2 pitch and an RBI double to LF, and two consecutive singles leading off the top of the 4th before being relieved (runners were ultimately left stranded)... threw 18 pitches in the 1st inning (14 strikes - two swing & miss, one on FB and the other on a SL - four foul balls), 24 pitches in the 2nd inning (17 strikes - three swing & miss, one on FB, two SPLIT - six foul balls), 19 pitches in the 3rd inning (13 strikes - seven swing & miss, three on SL, two on SPLIT, one on FB - three foul balls), and 12 pitches without retiring a batter in the top of the 4th (8 strikes - no swing & miss - four foul balls)... Imanaga throws a lot of pitches per inning, but it's not because he doesn't throw strikes...  if anything, he throws too many strikes (he threw 70% strikes on Tuesday)... while he gets a ton of swing & miss (and strikeouts), he also induces a lot of foul balls because he doesn't try to make hitters chase his pitches by throwing them out of the strike zone... rather, he uses his very diverse pitch mix to get swing & miss (and lots of foul balls as well)... he also is a fly ball pitcher who will give up more than his share of HR during the course of the season...   
     
    JOE NAHAS
    FB: 90-92 
    SL: 83-85 
    CV: 80-81 
    COMMENT: Was called up from the Hi-A South Bend group at Minor League Camp for the day... relieved Imanaga with runners at first and second and no outs in the top of the 4th, and after an E-2 catcher's interference committed by Miguel Amaya loaded he bases, Nahas struck out the side (one swinging & two looking)... threw 16 pitches (11 strikes - two swinging)...   

    YENCY ALMONTE
    FB: 89-92 
    CH: 86 
    SL: 79 
    COMMENT: Threw an eight-pitch 5th (five strikes - no swing & miss), with a 5-3 GO for the first out and an inning-ending 4-6-3 DP after a one-out single... command was a bit off but he worked through it...   

    FRANKIE SCALZO JR
    FB: 94-95
    CH: 88 
    SL: 83
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and worked the 6th inning... got the first outs easily (a P-5 and a 4-3 GO) on just three pitches, before allowing three consecutive two-out hard-contact hits (a double and two singles), with the third hit on pitch # 9 resulting in a runner being thrown out at the plate by RF Christian Franklin for the third out of the inning... 

    MICHAEL ARIAS
    FB: 94-96
    CH: 87-89
    SL: 82-83
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and allowed a hard-contact double on the third pitch of the 7th inning (a 96 MPH FB), and the runner came around to score on a 4-3 GO and a WP... gave up two other loud contact outs (an L-7 and an F-9)... threw 18 pitches (only 10 strikes - only one swing & miss)... stuff is electric but still very raw and he continues to have difficulty commanding it, and while he has the repertoire of a SP, he throws too many pitches-per-inning to be a SP and not enough strikes to be a closer... he is most definitely still a work-in-progress...   

    ZAC LEIGH: 
    FB: 93-94 
    CH: 89 
    SL: 81-83 
    CV: 78
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and tossed a 1-2-3 8th (4-3 GO, K-swinging on a sweeper, K-looking on another sweeper)... threw 14 pitches (11 strikes - one swing & miss - eight foul balls)... kept pumping pitches into the strike zone but had difficulty putting hitters away (ergo a ton of foul balls)... FB velo is nowhere near the 96-98 MPH it was a couple of years ago when he was a Top 30 prospect, but his secondaries are better...   

    JOSE ROMERO:  
    FB: 93-95
    SL: 82-84
    COMMENT: Was called up from the Hi-A South Bend group at Minor League Camp for the day and worked the 9th (14 pitches - only six strikes- no swing & miss) and allowed a solo HR after two near-HR fly outs to the warning track, before getting a 3-1 GO to end the inning... it was like batting practice when he wasn't throwing pitches out of the strike zone...

  • crunch (view)

    pablo sandoval played 3rd and got a couple ABs (strikeout, single!) in the OAK@SF "exhibition"

    mlb officially authenticated the ball of the single he hit.  nice.

    he's in surprisingly good shape considering his poor body condition in his last playing seasons.  he's not lean, but he looks healthier.  good for him.

  • crunch (view)

    dbacks are signing j.montgomery to a 1/25m with a vesting 20m player option.

    i dunno when the ink officially dries, but i believe if he signs once the season begins he can't be offered a QO...and i'm not sure if that thing with SD/LAD in korea was the season beginning, either.

  • crunch (view)

    sut says imanaga getting the home opener at wrigley (game 4 of the season).

  • crunch (view)

    cubs rolling out the who's who of "who the hell is this guy?" in the last spring game.

  • videographer (view)

    AZ Phil, speaking of Jordan Wicks having better command when he tires a bit, I remember reading about Dennis Lamp 40 years ago and his sinker that was better after 3 or 4 innings when he would tire a bit and get more sink with a little less speed on the pitch.  The key for Lamp was getting to the 4th inning.